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Nokia has announced that it has signed a new 5G patent license agreement with smartphone maker Honor, Nokia has said that this is the fourth major smartphone maker they have signed a smartphone agreement with in the last 12 months.

Susanna Martikainen, Chief Licensing Officer Mobile Devices at Nokia said: “We are delighted to have concluded an amicable patent cross-license agreement with Honor, one of the leading players in the Chinese smartphone market. It is the fourth major litigation-free smartphone agreement that Nokia has concluded over the past twelve months and highlights once again the strength of Nokia’s patent portfolio and decades-long contributions to cellular standards and other technologies.”

Wenyu Zhou, Head of Global Intellectual Property at Honor said: “As both 5G SEP holder and implementor, Honor highly respects IP rights and strongly believes that reasonable value of IP is important to the development of mobile industry. The conclusion of the patent cross-license agreement shows Honor’s commitment on innovation to enabling a smart life across all scenarios and all channels, for all people.”

Nokia’s industry-leading patent portfolio is built on more than €140 billion invested in R&D since 2000 and is composed of around 20,000 patent families, including over 6,000 patent families declared essential to 5G. Nokia contributes its inventions to open standards in return for the right to license them on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms. Companies can license and use these technologies without the need to make their own substantial investments in the standards, fueling innovation and the development of new products and services for consumers.

You can find out more details about the new patent agreement between Nokia and Honor for 5G smartphone patents over at the Nokia website at the link below.

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Nokia will host an investor and analyst event today [December 12th] to provide an update on its execution against its group strategy, initial planning assumptions for 2024 and a revised comparable operating margin target for 2026. It will also outline its strategy to supply more autonomy to its four business groups.

The Presidents of Nokia’s Mobile Networks and Cloud and Network Services business groups will also present their strategies and future opportunities.

Group strategy update – increased autonomy for business groups to accelerate value creation

In 2021, Nokia says it significantly streamlined its operating model, moving from a matrix organisation and creating four P&L-responsible business groups structured around unique customer offerings. Since then, its business groups have increased investments in R&D and made significant progress in strengthening technology leadership.

• Network Infrastructure has extended its technology leadership position and is growing faster than the market
• Mobile Networks substantially improved the competitiveness of its products, taking a leadership position in 5G and gaining significant market share
• Cloud and Network Services has grown faster than the market in its five growth segments, including Enterprise private wireless, while rebalancing its portfolio
• Nokia Technologies has expanded into areas such as automotive, multimedia and consumer electronics, and has signed new, long-term patent license agreements with Apple and Samsung

During its third quarter update, the company announced increased operational autonomy for its four business groups by embedding dedicated sales and go-to-market teams with each one. Moving forward, the business groups will have increased strategic autonomy to pursue investment that supports growth, portfolio management, and deeper strategic partnerships.

Nokia’s lean corporate centre will act as a strategic architect, providing oversight in key areas, including target setting and performance management, portfolio development, and compliance. The company says it will continue its commitment to long-term research through Nokia Bell Labs, as evidenced by its latest announcement of a new venture studio and venture partnerships to unleash the full commercial potential of Nokia Bell Labs technologies outside of Nokia’s strategic perimeters.

Accompanying the move towards more autonomous business groups and to provide investors with greater transparency in assessing their financial performance, Nokia will begin reporting cash flow and regional sales at the business group level in 2024.

Tommi Uitto, President of Mobile Networks (MN), will today present on how MN is revamping its strategy. It has begun to re-baseline its operations for resilience and profitability while maintaining its commitment to technology leadership and protecting its R&D output. These combined actions, to be completed by 2026, will enable MN to achieve a double-digit operating margin at net sales level of approximately €10 billion, compared to the approximately €11.5 billion threshold level that would be required today. In addition to serving CSP customers, MN will accelerate its offerings to faster growing segments, including Enterprise, Cloud RAN, O-RAN, and the defence sector.

Raghav Sahgal, President of Cloud and Network Services (CNS), will present the business group’s journey as it positions itself to lead the networking software revolution towards cloud and as-a-service deployment models. Saghal will outline next steps in the CNS strategy, including expansion in the enterprise connectivity segment, and maturing its business model with SaaS and Network as Code at the core. During his presentation, he will focus on the five growth segments outlined for CNS, including private wireless, AI and analytics, security, digital operations and 5G Core.

Pekka Lundmark (pictured), President and CEO of Nokia said: “Today marks another step forward in the strategic journey we started in 2021. When I arrived at Nokia, we took the decision that end-to-end as a core strategic idea would be replaced with one where we have financially accountable business groups, each driving market-leading technology. Each Nokia business group is distinct, with different customers, R&D requirements, market cyclicality, cash flow profiles and target margins. Therefore, this October, we announced actions to supply the business groups more autonomy and greater agility to pursue opportunities in their respective markets. We are also revamping the strategy for our Mobile Networks business to capture mid to long-term value opportunities. Across our other business groups we are seeing positive results. Network Infrastructure is seeing improving order intake across its business, and CNS, following a robust performance so far in 2023, has continued to make solid progress in 5G Core, Enterprise and network monetization. We want to provide better value for customers’ network investments and ultimately create more value for our shareholders.”

‘I’m most excited about this partnership and what we bring to our clients because the business challenges are being solved and will continue to be solved even more so by digitalization and IoT,’ Kyndryl’s vice president, U.S. network and edge practice leader, told CRN.

Solution provider giant Kyndryl has expanded its two-year-old partnership with Nokia as private wireless and edge computing become increasingly interesting to enterprises looking to solve their complex connectivity issues.

Kyndryl, the former managed infrastructure business that spun out of IBM in 2021 and is now weighs in at No. 6 on the 2022 CRN Solution Provider 500, sees 2023 as the year of enterprises accelerating their digital transformation and IoT plans. Private LTE and 5G, a connectivity option that works in harmony with existing enterprise wireless infrastructure, is a critical part of that transformation, said Gretchen Tinnerman, vice president, U.S. network and edge practice leader, for Kyndryl.

Kyndryl today has more than 100 successful private networking customer engagements under its belt with Nokia. As a result, the company has gained Nokia Digital Automation Cloud (DAC) advanced accreditation status, the New York City-based company announced on Tuesday.

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Kyndryl believes that Nokia right now has the best-in-class private wireless products and services to support its customers, Tinnerman told CRN. The partnership brings together expert resources and practitioners that can deliver and support secure LTE and 5G private wireless networking solutions worldwide across a variety of industries.

Tinnerman described Kyndryl’s private networking strategy with Nokia to be both vertical and horizontal. “We’re working with Nokia [to help] our clients in specific vertical use cases. For example, the connected worker use case for energy and oil is specific to energy and oil, but there’s still a connected worker use case in healthcare—it just looks a little different,” she said. “I’m most excited about this partnership and what we bring to our clients because the business challenges are being solved and will continue to be solved even more so by digitalization and IoT.”

Since the start of the partnership, Kyndryl has been working with Nokia to understand business challenges in specific verticals like manufacturing, health care, energy or oil and gas, and devising private wireless strategies for some of the biggest brands, including Dow, one of the largest chemical producers in the world. The two companies are currently working on 5G and private wireless deployments with one of the largest energy companies in the U.S., a large U.S. health care provider, a multinational petrochemical company, and a leading aluminum and copper manufacturing company in Asia, the company said.

Kyndryl is providing private wireless services in about 24 countries. As spectrum becomes available, the firm is expanding its reach, Tinnerman said.

Nokia isn’t the only partner that Kyndryl is working with to power private networking and connect IoT deployments. Intel is another critical partner to the company as more connected devices containing Intel chips enter clients’ environments, Tinnerman said. Down the road, the firm also plans on working with other private networking suppliers.

“For the client, we are truly a system integrator bringing different providers together and integrating all of us together,” she said. “The carriers were once really the only ones providing the services and the value to the clients … but now as an SI, we’re able to utilize our security, resilience and hyperscaler practices as an all-inclusive solution to our customers.”

Kyndryl also on Tuesday announced the launch of a partner innovation lab in Raleigh, N.C. with Palo Alto Networks joining as a security partner to test and bring advanced and secure wireless connectivity to industrial enterprises.

“Along with our partners, we can grow by bringing our practitioners and engineers into that lab so that we know we’ve got a skilled workforce who can provide consulting services, design services and architecture services for solutions to support our clients moving forward,” Tinnerman said. “That’s a big investment for Kyndryl.”

The two companies will meet onstage at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona later this month to discuss how they are working together to advance 5G private network adoption.

Providing what the Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC) firm said is not only an example of its readiness to address 5G monetisation challenges in use cases in areas such as the internet of things (IoT), wearables and Industry 4.0, leading MENA operator du has announced the successful conclusion of the UAE’s first 5G-Advanced 5G reduced capability (RedCap) trial over a commercial network.

Over the course of the past few years, low-power wide-area (LPWA) technologies that were specifically developed for IoT applications have gained maturity and scale. Depending on the scope of the IoT deployments, the most suitable technology options for applications requiring a high data rate will likely be based on 5G. RedCap is designed to bring the benefits of 5G to New Radio (NR) consumers, enterprise and industrial devices.

Taking advantage of the evolution of 5G networks to the Standalone (SA) network architecture, RedCap promises to deliver reliability for devices that have low bandwidth requirements, offering many of the benefits of 5G without the cost and complexity of typical 5G services.

Industry experts believe 5G RedCap will be the candidate technology best suited for the needs of medium-speed use cases. The RedCap standard has been developed to enable the production of smaller and more cost-efficient 5G devices and provide longer battery life, thanks to their reduced complexity.

5G devices commonly feature intricate hardware and energy-intensive capabilities, resulting in higher cost, size and power consumption.

By contrast, du sees RedCap technology as being dedicated to streamlining 5G devices, specifically targeting compact IoT devices such as wearables and health trackers, as well as ruggedised routers and sensors for environmental or condition-based monitoring. These devices said the operator will exhibit lower demands for battery life and reduced bandwidth requirements. RedCap ensures they sustain performance while optimising their power efficiency.

Expecting RedCap devices to be commercially available from 2024, du said the technology will significantly augment its diversified use case portfolio to include cost-efficient 5G home wireless, wearables, video surveillance and wireless industrial sensors.

The trial saw du work with Nokia using MediaTek’s T300 series RedCap test equipment in du’s 5G Standalone (SA) Radio Access Network (RAN) built with Nokia’s AirScale radio products, using the existing mid-band Spectrum. This will follow extending RedCap over low-band frequencies, ensuring, said du, extreme coverage and connectivity. It added that the low band in 600MHz, is a vital part of the connectivity ecosystem.

“This collaboration introduces the revolutionary 5G-Advanced RedCap functionalities, enabling seamless connectivity of RedCap devices to cutting-edge 5G networks,” said du chief technology officer Saleem Alblooshi.

“Nokia’s unparalleled innovation simplifies and pioneers the development of 5G devices, particularly wearables and small IoT devices, significantly enhancing LTE-CAT4 performance and optimising energy efficiency. These remarkable technological advancements are pivotal in propelling Industry 4.0 revolution.”

Nokia has been at the forefront of driving the evolution of RedCap IoT functionality in collaboration with the telecommunications industry. “This new collaboration between du and Nokia represents not only a significant step forward in the monetisation of 5G technology, but also solidifies the UAE’s position as a pioneer in the evolution of 5G use cases for society and enterprises,” said Mikko Lavanti, Nokia MEA senior vice-president.

“As the collaboration progresses, both companies are poised to revolutionise the way we experience and interact with 5G technology, unlocking unprecedented possibilities for innovation and connectivity.”

Ho-Chi Hwang, general manager of wireless communication systems and partnerships at MediaTek, added: “It’s essential to bring new capabilities of 5G to the UAE, and this trial is an important step in that direction. We are proud to have provided our RedCap devices to further develop the ecosystem for 5G monetisation. We hope, by pioneering the technology in the Middle East and Africa region, MediaTek will be able to assure our customers of more innovative 5G products and services coming their way.”

Nokia and BT Group have announced an agreement to develop new 5G network monetisation opportunities through Nokia’s Network as Code platform with developer portal (platform) and BT Group’s cloud-native network.

BT Group, which operates EE, is looking to Nokia’s growing ecosystem of developer partners to gain access to simplified network capabilities in the form of software code that can be built into applications for enterprise, industrial, and consumer use cases.

The Nokia platform helps operators monetise their 5G network assets beyond pure connectivity.  It provides application developers with tools such as Software Development Kits (SDK) and open Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), which supply developers access to deep network functionality and data that enables them to build new use cases for their customers.

Through their agreement, Nokia and BT Group will make those tools available to developers so they can utilise BT Group’s network features, write new use cases, and create new value for EE customers.

Nokia has also announced a similar agreement with DISH Wireless.

The platform was launched in September. It is based on a revenue share model between developers, operators, and Nokia as the platform provider.

Shkumbin Hamiti, Head of Network Monetisation Platform, Cloud and Network Services, at Nokia, said: “I am very pleased that Nokia and BT Group are strengthening our long-standing partnership through Nokia’s Network as Code platform. Through its strong API Developer portal work, BT Group has been an important driver of helping the industry understand the multiple benefits of opening telecom networks to application developers. This agreement will enhance our joint work with developers and create new opportunities for extracting value from BT Group’s network assets.”

Reza Rahnama, Managing Director, Mobile Networks at BT Group, said: “5G-era networks are fundamentally software-based and rich in capabilities – such as improving network quality on demand – that can really make a difference to enterprises and consumers in ways that were not possible years ago. We are excited to work with Nokia and its new platform to help us better tap into those capabilities that we have been aggressively building into our 5G network.”

Nokia announced yesterday it has signed a new patent cross-license agreement with Honor covering both parties’ fundamental inventions in 5G and other cellular technologies. The terms of the agreement remain confidential between the parties.

Nokia’s industry-leading patent portfolio is built on more than €140 billion invested in R&D since 2000 and is composed of around 20,000 patent families, including over 6,000 patent families declared essential to 5G. Nokia contributes its inventions to open standards in return for the right to license them on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms. Companies can license and use these technologies without the need to make their own substantial investments in the standards, fueling innovation and the development of new products and services for consumers.

Nokia and du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), have announced the successful conclusion of the UAE's first 5G-Advanced 5G Reduced Capability (RedCap) trial over a commercial network. 

The trial showcased the readiness of du’s 5G network for innovative use cases in areas such as the Internet of Things (IoT), wearables, and Industry 4.0 to address 5G monetisation challenges.

The two companies trialled MediaTek’s T300 series RedCap test equipment in du’s 5G Standalone (SA) Radio Access Network (RAN) built with Nokia’s AirScale radio products, leveraging the existing mid-band Spectrum. 

Low band frequencies

This will follow extending RedCap over low band frequencies, ensuring extreme coverage and connectivity. Notably, the low band in 600MHz, is a vital connectivity band currently under discussion at the World Radio Conference WRC-23 taking place in Dubai.

With RedCap devices expected to be commercially available from 2024, it will significantly augment du's diversified use case portfolio to include cost-efficient 5G home wireless, wearables, video surveillance, and wireless industrial sensors.

5G devices commonly feature intricate hardware and energy-intensive capabilities, resulting in higher cost, size, and power consumption. RedCap technology is dedicated to streamlining 5G devices, specifically targeting compact IoT devices like wearables and health trackers, as well as ruggedised routers and sensors for environmental or condition-based monitoring. 

These devices exhibit lower demands for battery life and reduced bandwidth requirements. RedCap ensures they sustain performance while optimising their power efficiency. Nokia has been instrumental in driving the evolution of RedCap IoT functionality in collaboration with the telecommunications industry.

Seamless connectivity

Saleem Alblooshi, Chief Technology Officer at du, said: “This collaboration introduces the revolutionary 5G-Advanced RedCap functionalities, enabling seamless connectivity of RedCap devices to cutting-edge 5G networks. Nokia's unparalleled innovation simplifies and pioneers the development of 5G devices, particularly wearables and small IoT devices, significantly enhancing LTE-CAT4 performance and optimising energy efficiency. These remarkable technological advancements are pivotal in propelling Industry 4.0 revolution.”

Mikko Lavanti, Senior Vice President at Nokia MEA, said: “This new collaboration between du and Nokia represents not only a significant step forward in the monetisation of 5G technology but also solidifies the UAE's position as a pioneer in the evolution of 5G use cases for society and enterprises. As the collaboration progresses, both companies are poised to revolutionise the way we experience and interact with 5G technology, unlocking unprecedented possibilities for innovation and connectivity.”

Dr Ho-Chi Hwang, General Manager of Wireless Communication System and Partnerships at MediaTek, said: “It’s essential to bring new capabilities of 5G to the UAE, and this trial is an important step in that direction. We are proud to have provided our RedCap devices to further develop the ecosystem for 5G monetisation. We hope, by pioneering the technology in the Middle East and Africa region, MediaTek will be able to assure our customers of more innovative 5G products and services coming their way.”--TradeArabia News Service

• The 5G-Advanced RedCap trial demonstrates du’s readiness to trial innovative use cases that could unlock new revenue opportunities in the Internet of Things (IoT) and Industry 4.0

Dubai, United Arab Emirates – Nokia and du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), today announced the successful conclusion of the UAE's first 5G-Advanced 5G Reduced Capability (RedCap) trial over a commercial network. The trial showcased the readiness of du’s 5G network for innovative use cases in areas such as the Internet of Things (IoT), wearables, and Industry 4.0 to address 5G monetization challenges.

The two companies trialed MediaTek’s T300 series RedCap test equipment in du’s 5G Standalone (SA) Radio Access Network (RAN) built with Nokia’s AirScale radio products, leveraging the existing mid-band Spectrum. This will follow extending RedCap over low band frequencies, ensuring extreme coverage and connectivity. Notably, the low band in 600MHz, is a vital connectivity band currently under discussion at the World Radio Conference WRC-23 taking place in Dubai.

With RedCap devices expected to be commercially available from 2024, it will significantly augment du's diversified use case portfolio to include cost-efficient 5G home wireless, wearables, video surveillance, and wireless industrial sensors.

5G devices commonly feature intricate hardware and energy-intensive capabilities, resulting in higher cost, size, and power consumption. RedCap technology is dedicated to streamlining 5G devices, specifically targeting compact IoT devices like wearables and health trackers, as well as ruggedized routers and sensors for environmental or condition-based monitoring. These devices exhibit lower demands for battery life and reduced bandwidth requirements. RedCap ensures they sustain performance while optimizing their power efficiency. Nokia has been instrumental in driving the evolution of RedCap IoT functionality in collaboration with the telecommunications industry.

Saleem Alblooshi, Chief Technology Officer at du, said: “This collaboration introduces the revolutionary 5G-Advanced RedCap functionalities, enabling seamless connectivity of RedCap devices to cutting-edge 5G networks. Nokia's unparalleled innovation simplifies and pioneers the development of 5G devices, particularly wearables and small IoT devices, significantly enhancing LTE-CAT4 performance and optimizing energy efficiency. These remarkable technological advancements are pivotal in propelling Industry 4.0 revolution.”

Mikko Lavanti, Senior Vice President at Nokia MEA, said: “This new collaboration between du and Nokia represents not only a significant step forward in the monetization of 5G technology but also solidifies the UAE's position as a pioneer in the evolution of 5G use cases for society and enterprises. As the collaboration progresses, both companies are poised to revolutionize the way we experience and interact with 5G technology, unlocking unprecedented possibilities for innovation and connectivity.”

Dr. Ho-Chi Hwang, General Manager of Wireless Communication System and Partnerships at MediaTek, said: “It’s essential to bring new capabilities of 5G to the UAE, and this trial is an important step in that direction. We are proud to have provided our RedCap devices to further develop the ecosystem for 5G monetization. We hope, by pioneering the technology in the Middle East and Africa region, MediaTek will be able to assure our customers of more innovative 5G products and services coming their way.”